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| Does anyone know how to set the default frame rate that video clips are imported at in Premiere Pro CS4? I have looked in the Premiere preferences menu but the default settings there are only for audio and video transition lengths or still image clip length. The reason for my question is due to the fact that since starting to use CS4 every video clip I import comes in at 29.97fps, when we use the PAL standard 25fps here in the UK. I can change the clip frame rate to 25fps by using the interpret footage command but this then seems to distort the Pixel Aspect Ratio settings on some clips, with the only way to fix it being to change the clip scale width to 100.1%. This issue has only arisen since we made the change to CS4 from CS3 and I can't seem to see why. I would be grateful for anyone's thoughts or solutions with this. Thanks, Lisa
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I'm more fluent in After Effects, but my guess is that you need to set up your project settings before importing any clips. Also, if you're importing .avi files or other movies they may contain meta information about pixel aspects and frame rate (but generally your video editing software will adjust that to match the project settings by default)
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The project settings are already customised and set up before importing any content and I am importing png sequences and not avi's. Each sequence still comes in as 29.97fps despite the project setting of 25fps? Think I will just have to stick with the slightly frustrating work around for now. Thanks anyway.
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I've been playing around with it and can't find any setting or setup to force the default frame rate. In trying with CS3, .png sequences load at the frame rate of the project I've set up.
Combined with the changing of aspect ratio when changing frame rate, I'd have to assume there's an issue with either your install or your project settings. Have you tried using a different, non-29.97fps project default to see if the behavior is the same?
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I have now tried a couple of different project defaults and imported a variety of content with each. The swf, avi and wmv files imported fine at their correct frame rates but the png sequence still defaulted to 29.97fps in all the projects every time I brought it in. I tried bringing in other png sequences from past jobs just in case it was a problem with the current job renders but the same thing happened again - 29.97fps! It seems CS4 doesn't like png sequences to be anything other than 29.97? I will keep investigating. Thanks for your input Tom.
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The png sequence is generated using a custom frame size of 1050x576 with a PAR of 1.0 in MAX. There isn't anywhere we can see to make sure the fps are 25 using this frame size but the default setting in MAX preferences is for PAL video so we assumed it would be ok. We have used all kinds of custom frame sizes before from MAX in previous versions of Premiere with no problem. This latest issue only seems to have arisen since we started using CS4.
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We just used the default PAL video setting in MAX to produce a short sequence with a frame size of 768x576 and a PAR of 1.0 and again it came into Premiere with a rate of 29.97fps?
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You can use the Interpret Footage command to change the frame rate that Adobe Premiere Pro assumes for a clip. Changing the frame rate changes the original duration proportionally. For example, if you set a 10‑second, 24‑fps clip to 48 fps, it becomes half as long, with a new duration of 5 seconds. Be aware that a clip’s frame rate is reconciled with the project’s frame rate. For example, if you change a 24‑fps clip to 48 fps and it’s used in a 24‑fps project, the project can display only every other frame of the clip. You can also change clip speed and duration by choosing the Clip > Speed command for a clip selected in the Timeline panel. However, such a change affects only that clip instance in the Timeline panel. Using the Interpret Footage command changes how a file is interpreted throughout a project. - In the Project panel, select a clip.
- Choose File > Interpret Footage, select a Frame Rate option, and click OK.
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The answer to the question is.... (to change the standard default framerate of importing image sequences from 30 fps to 25)
GO to edit - preferences - device control press the options button and choose PAL as video standard.
I was annoyed by that interpret footage workflow as well, so im glad i figured that out now!
Good luck
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